Prove­nance

prove­nance derived from the French word provenir mean­ing "com­ing from". It re­counts the chronol­ogy of own­er­ship or lo­ca­tion of a his­toric ob­ject. Con­for­ma­tion of prove­nance can be present in the form of doc­u­men­ta­tion or pho­to­graphs of owner who is wear­ing the jew­elry. The more fa­mous or higher the so­cial sta­tus of its for­mer own­ers, the higher the value of the jew­elry,

es­pe­cially when the orig­i­nal pur­chase note, lit­er­a­ture and other doc­u­men­ta­tion are present.

VAN CLEEF & Ar­pels ca 1960 Col­lec­tion of Han­cock, Lon­don.

A gold and coral bracelet set with five rows of cir­cu­lar coral cabo­chon